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The man behind X has been obliged to bow before a censorship regime we may soon see in Australia
Oct 10 2024
11 mins
To plumb the depths of our cultural crisis, we must examine our institutions, especially universities.
Oct 10 2024
11 mins
A chant you won't hear: 'What do we want? Nuclear! How much? Lots! When? Now!'
Oct 07 2024
4 mins
I was
I was doing my crossword
this morning
and something
was making me anxious
I couldn’t remember
what.
I was doing my crossword
and I’d forgotten
what it was
making me anxious
and then I remembered
it was death.
I am ninety one now
and I feel that I am
I don’t remember
the word,
condemned.
I may have ten years
but ten years is
a very short time
to me.
I don’t want to die
to leave all this
my little house
all of you.
Nothing to look forward to
now all can do
is to look back
into the past.
I was doing my crossword …
Many will disagree, but World War III is too great a risk to run by involving ourselves in a distant border conflict
Sep 25 2024
5 mins
To claim Aborigines have the world's oldest continuous culture is to misunderstand the meaning of culture, which continuously changes over time and location. For a culture not to change over time would be a reproach and certainly not a cause for celebration, for it would indicate that there had been no capacity to adapt. Clearly this has not been the case
Aug 20 2024
23 mins
A friend and longtime supporter of Quadrant, Clive James sent us a poem in 2010, which we published in our December issue. Like the Taronga Park Aquarium he recalls in its 'mocked-up sandstone cave' it's not to be forgotten
Aug 16 2024
2 mins
